Rustic gate



United States Patent RUSTIC GATE William R. Farmer, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada Application October 16, 1953, Serial No. 387,179

1 Claim. (Cl. 25619) The present invention relates to a rustic gate or the like and method of making the same and it consists in the combinations, constructions and arrangements of parts herein described and claimed.

Generally there is provided a novel and unique method of constructing rustic gates, arches, flower trestles and the like which consists essentially in providing an elongated piece of wood such as red cedar, redwood or the like and thereafter splitting laminations from one or both sides thereof leaving one end of each lamination integral with the original piece and thereafter bending the laminations to assume various configurations, providing a necessary framework and treating the laminations with waterproof glue or the like. The invention also contemplates the provision of novel structures formed by the aforesaid method.

It is accordingly an object of the invention to provide a novel method of constructing gates, trellises and the like.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel structures formed by the aforesaid method.

A further object of the invention is to provide a method of the character set forth which is simple and inexpensive and yet effective and eflicient in use.

Other and further objects of the invention will become apparent from a reading of the following specification taken in conjunction with the drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of a gate constructed in accordance with the teachings of the present invention,

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken substantially along line 22 of Figure 1, and

Figures 3 to 5, inclusive, are elevational views illustrating the component parts of the gate illustrated in Figure 1 and further illustrating the method of constructing the same.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, there is shown therein an elongated piece of wood preferably red cedar or redwood but which may be of any suitable variety. The piece 10 is laminated to provide an upper strip 11 which remains integrally connected at its ends to the piece 10 but which is centrally bowed and held in such bowed position by means of a spread block 12. The lower edge portion of the piece 10 is likewise laminated but a strip formed in the manner of strip 11 is centrally severed to provide downwardly and inwardly extending arms 13 and 14.

There is also provided a central piece of wood 15 which is laminated inwardly from its free ends to provide a pair of relatively short upper arms 16 and 17, a pair of relatively long upper arms 18 and 19 and a pair of intermediate arms 20 and 21. The piece 15 is likewise laminated in its lower portion to provide a pair of relatively short lower arms 22 and 23, a pair of relatively long lower arms 24 and 25 and a pair of reltively long intermediate lower arms 26 and 27, the

2,766,015 Fatented Oct. 9, 1956 ice inner ends of all of the various arms out from the piece 15 being left integral with piece 15 at their inner ends.

A bottom piece of wood 28 has its upper portion laminated to provide two upwardly and inwardly extending arms 29 and 30 which are left integral at their outer ends with the piece 28.

To construct the gate shown in Figure 1 there is provided an inner vertical member 31 which is bolted or otherwise aflixed to the pieces 10, 15 and 26, as indicated at 32, 33 and 34, respectively. There is also provided an outer vertical member 35 which is likewise af fixed to the pieces 10, 15 and 26 by bolts or the like, as indicated at 36, 37 and 38, respectively. To complete the gate shown in Figure 1 there is provided a pair of center blocks 39 and 40. It will be seen that the strips 16 and 17 are aflixed to the outer sides of the blocks 39 by means of a bolt 41 while the strips 22 and 23 are aflixcd to the outer sides of the block 40 by means of a bolt 42. Meantime, the strips 13 and 14 are glued by means of a waterproof glue or the like to the strips 18 and 19, respectively, as indicated at 13a and 14a while the strips 29 and 30 are glued likewise to the strips 24 and 25, respectively, as indicated at 29a and 30a. The free ends of the strips 20, 21, 26 and 27 are glued or otherwise aflixed to the outer end portions of the strips 18, 19, 24 and 25, respectively, as indicated at 20a, 21a, 26a and 27a, likewise respectively, thus completing the gate and providing a gate of novel appearance and one manufactured under a novel method.

It will be apparent, of course, that other devices than the gate shown in Figure 1 may be manufactured utilizing the method of the present invention as, for example, trellises, arches and the like.

While but one form of the invention has been shown and described herein, it will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art that many minor modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

A gate of wood comprising a pair of vertical end members, a horizontal bottom piece interconnecting the lower ends of said end members, a horizontal top piece interconnecting the upper ends of said end members, a horizontal central piece centrally interconnecting said end members, an upper block centrally dependent from said upper piece, a lower block extending upwardly from the center of said bottom piece, relatively short vertical arms formed integrally with said central piece and afiixed to opposite sides of said blocks, relatively long arms formed integrally with said central piece and extending upwardly and outwardly and downwardly and outwardly therefrom, and relatively long arms formed integrally with said top piece and extending downwardly and inwardly therefrom, relatively long arms formed integrally with each end of said bottom piece and extending upwardly and inwardly therefrom, said relatively long arms of said top and bottom pieces being glued along their entire lengths to the adjacent relatively long arms of said central piece.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,352,600 Haskell Sept. 14, 1920 1,658,008 Raiche Jan. 31, 1928 2,612,421 Bargen et al. Sept. 30, 1952 FOREIGN PATENTS 451,371 Great Britain Aug. 5, 1936 

